Music Business News

Universal launches global label services company, Caroline International

Universal Music Group had launched a global services company for independent labels and artists – [...]

Google Play Music to rival Spotify in UK, Spain and France

Google Play’s Music All Access streaming service has launched across Europe in Austria, Belgium, France, [...]

Spotify teams with Vodafone for UK bundle offer

Customers who choose Vodafone’s new 4G Red tariff, which launches on August 29 in the [...]

Imagem signs hitmaker Cathy Dennis

Imagem Music UK has signed a worldwide, multi-year publishing agreement with the British songwriter Cathy [...]

Inertia buys 50% stake in Gaga Music in Australia

Gaga Music, the publisher of bands in Australia and New Zealand including The Black Keys [...]

Times Music to represent Warner/Chappell in India

Times Music, the music and music IP management business of the Times of India Group, [...]

Randy Wachtler named CEO of Warner/Chappell Production Music

Randy Wachtler has been appointed as President and CEO of Warner/Chappell Production Music. Wachtler replaces [...]

Spotify posted €59m loss in 2012

Spotify‘s net losses widened to €58.7m (£51.3m) in 2012, as it continued to expand and [...]

Pink Floyd sign global publishing deal with Imagem

Imagem Music UK have signed a new deal with Pink Floyd Music Publishers to administer [...]

ole swoops for Better Angels Music Publishing Group

Canada-born rights management company ole has acquired the music publishing catalog of Nashville-based Better Angels [...]

Burt Bacharach to co-write with UMPG clients

Pop songwriting legend Burt Bacharach is to actively co-write with Universal Music Publishing’s (UMPG’s) Nashville [...]

Russell Simmons and UMG launch YouTube channel

The first major label-owned business created specifically to sign and develop artists on YouTube has [...]

Essential teams up with Proper Distribution in UK and Ireland

Services company Essential Music & Marketing is moving its entire UK and Irish physical distribution [...]

GEMA takes stake in PRS and STIM’s ICE project

German songwriter and publisher collection society GEMA has become a shareholder in International Copyright Enterprise [...]

ole launches publishing JV with Timbaland

Canada-born music rights management company ole has struck a music publishing co-venture deal with R&B/hip-hop [...]